The Gospel Project Faith Talk - Ruth
Sunday: May 4, 2025
Scripture: Ruth
Scripture: Ruth
Preschool
Main Idea: The Story of Ruth (Ruth)
Summary
Review Questions
- Naomi’s husband died. Then her two sons died. Naomi was sad. Naomi told her sons’ wives to go home. But Ruth wanted to stay with Naomi. Ruthe said, “I will go where you go, and your people will be my people.”
- Naomi and Ruth went back to Judah. Ruth went to a field to collect leftover grain. A man named Boaz owned the field. He made sure Ruth had enough food.
- Boaz agreed to marry Ruth and take care of Namoi, too. They got married and had a baby boy named Obed. Obed grew up to be the grandfather of King David.
Review Questions
- How did God provide for Ruth?
- How does God provide for us?
Kids
Main Idea: The Story of Ruth (Ruth)
Summary
Review Questions
- Naomi and Ruth became widows in Moab. Ruth chose to stay and go to Bethlehem. Ruth told Naomi, “your God will be my God.”
- Ruth went to the field of a man named Boaz to collect leftover grain. Boaz made sure Ruth was safe.
- Boaz became Ruth’s family redeemer. He married Ruth, and they had a son named Obed.
Review Questions
- How did God provide for Ruth?
- How does God provide for us?
Students
Main Idea: Redemption means we’ve made a choice to follow God. (Ruth)
Summary
After a famine forces her to move to Moab with her husband and sons who later die, Naomi returns to Bethlehem with her loyal daughter-in-law Ruth, who famously declares, "Where you go, I will go." In Bethlehem, Ruth meets and impresses Boaz while gathering leftover grain in his fields, showing remarkable kindness to her mother-in-law and working hard to provide for them both. After following Naomi's advice to approach Boaz at night, Ruth eventually marries him, becoming the great-grandmother of King David and an ancestor in the family line of Jesus Christ, showing how God can use anyone’s life for a story of redemption, and ultimately, His glory.
Review Questions
After a famine forces her to move to Moab with her husband and sons who later die, Naomi returns to Bethlehem with her loyal daughter-in-law Ruth, who famously declares, "Where you go, I will go." In Bethlehem, Ruth meets and impresses Boaz while gathering leftover grain in his fields, showing remarkable kindness to her mother-in-law and working hard to provide for them both. After following Naomi's advice to approach Boaz at night, Ruth eventually marries him, becoming the great-grandmother of King David and an ancestor in the family line of Jesus Christ, showing how God can use anyone’s life for a story of redemption, and ultimately, His glory.
Review Questions
- Why do we struggle with the need to know ‘Why?’ all the time? Does it show more or less faith in God and His control?
- What is a “kinsman-redeemer?” How does it ultimately point to Jesus?
Adults
Main Idea: No one is beyond the reach of God’s redemption. (Ruth)
Summary
In the midst of famine and personal tragedy, Naomi returns from Moab to Bethlehem accompanied by her Moabite daughter-in-law Ruth, who demonstrates extraordinary loyalty by abandoning her homeland to follow Naomi and her God. Through divinely orchestrated circumstances, Ruth encounters Boaz, a wealthy kinsman-redeemer, while gleaning in his fields to provide for herself and Naomi. Their subsequent marriage not only redeems both women from destitution but also establishes Ruth, a foreigner, in the lineage of Israel's greatest king and ultimately the Messiah, illustrating God's sovereign redemptive plan that transcends anything we could plan.
Review Questions
In the midst of famine and personal tragedy, Naomi returns from Moab to Bethlehem accompanied by her Moabite daughter-in-law Ruth, who demonstrates extraordinary loyalty by abandoning her homeland to follow Naomi and her God. Through divinely orchestrated circumstances, Ruth encounters Boaz, a wealthy kinsman-redeemer, while gleaning in his fields to provide for herself and Naomi. Their subsequent marriage not only redeems both women from destitution but also establishes Ruth, a foreigner, in the lineage of Israel's greatest king and ultimately the Messiah, illustrating God's sovereign redemptive plan that transcends anything we could plan.
Review Questions
- What are ways your obedience to God can encourage others to praise the Lord?
- What is a “kinsman-redeemer?” How does it ultimately point to Jesus?
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